Cat ownership

£5 a week on Whiskas. Had 3 visits to a vet over the course of 9 years (cost £250 in total).
No insurance: If he brakes a leg or gets or gets cancer/diabetes he gets put down, simples. We love him to bits, but just don't get why people compartmentalise animals into ones you treat as your children and those that you eat....

Long-term medication much cheaper is you get a script and buy it online, or if you try to do that most vets will price-match online. Paying list price on long-term meds is a bit of a con: one cat was on home-administered saline for c. 6 months and the vet dropped the price to a third of their initial price when asked for a script. When asked why they tried to get away with such high prices they said "we wouldn't make as much money if we didn't" which was honest at least.

Struggling to equate "loving to bits" with "we'd put him down if he broke his leg"....

I love the way the look on the cat's face says "you utter ****, when I find the **** **** who did this to me I'm going to rip their **** guts out through their shitty arsehole and strangle them with their own entrails". [/joe pesci in goodfellas]

A sick dog would be doing the big soppy sad eyes to get some TLC. Cats can be cute but they all have a bit of Begbie about them

I love the way the look on the cat's face says "you utter ****, when I find the **** **** who did this to me I'm going to rip their **** guts out through their shitty arsehole and strangle them with their own entrails". [/joe pesci in goodfellas]

Pretty much. Apparently he was sometimes a bit "difficult"

There wasn't anything wrong with his leg - that was just the only way they could stop him taking his drips out.

Vets fees vary - if you're lucky then like Cat Mk 2 yours will only cost the price of annual vaccinations.

Worming varies. Cat Mk 1 tends to eat his prey (gross), which is mostly rats (blegh)(despite having worlds loudest bell on his collar) so he is wormed monthly with Milbemax (around £5 a pop). Cat Mk 2 is too retarded to be able to catch much, and far too inept to kill anything he does catch. He gets wormed every three months.

Flea control - Advocate is the best, but also the most expensive. Ours get done every couple of months. Costs about £60 pa.

One further expense - get a good scratching post. If the cat uses it, it will be worth every penny.

Other miscellaneous costs include brushes, catnip, toys, prawn crackers, shampoo, and Dettol (for after you have attempted to apply the shampoo).

Have 3. Two tins cat food a day between them, about 6 quid a week. Bag of cat litter every 4 or 5 days, £3. 6 quid a month each in insurance. Can't feed them dry bits as they throw them up all over the bloody house!!

No idea how he came to break it, but we got referred here: http://www.fitzpatrickreferrals.co.uk/ by our vets, and after attempting to fix the break, and failing, the leg was fixed with a plate. Poor sod was in a cage for the best part of 6 months.

Ours doesn't cost much it lives on a diet of roast chicken and tinned sardines, with occasional cat biscuits. IIRC it's £11/month for the flea treatement, £15/quarter for worming and £55/year for the insurance. The vaccinations are £30 or thereabouts.

Our cat is pretty good at catching stuff and even better at sneaking it into the house!

As is ours. We get through quite a bit of stain remover/carpet cleaner in our attempts to remove the bloodstains from the carpet. On the plus side he tends to steal cat food from the neighbours (both sides) so we don't pay that much for food